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THE BOY LIVES ON OUR FARM 




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An' when you drive er hitch, 
Tlie right-un's a "near-horse," I guess, 

Ev "off" — I don't know whieli.— 
The Boy lives on our Farm, he told 

Me, too, 'at he can see. 
By lookin' at their teeth, how old 

A horse is, to a T ! 



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Ef I knowed iniieli as that, 
An' could stand up like him an' drive, 

An' ist push back my hat, 
Like he comes skallvhootin' throuii'h 

Our alley, with one arm 
A-wavin' Fare-ve-well ! to vou — 

The Bov lives on our Farm ! 



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Uncle Sidney, when he wuz here, 

Maked me a squirt-gun out o' some 
Elder-bushes 'at growed out near 
Where wuz the brick-yard — 'way out clear- 
To where the Toll Gate come ! 

So when we walked back home again, 

He maked it, out in our woodhouse where 
Wuz the old work-bench, an' the old jack-plane, 
An' the old 'poke-shaA^e, an' the tools all lay'n' 
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Miss Maimie she's my Ma's friend, — an' 
She's purtiest girl in all the Ian' ! — 
An' sweetest smile an' voice an' face — 
An' eyes ist looks like p'serves tas'e ! 




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The Old Hay-mow's the place to i)lay 
Fer boys, when it's a rainy day! 
I good-'eal ruther be up there 
Than down in town, ei* anywhere ! 

When I play in our stable-loft, 
The g'ood old hay's so dry an' soft, 
An' feels so fine, an' smells so sweet, 
I 'most ferget to go an' eat. 



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To go 'tel dinner was all et,^ — 

An' tliev had short-cake — an' — Bud he 

Hogged up the piece Ma saved fer me 

Nen I won't let him play no more 
In our hay-mow where I keep store 
An' got hen-eggs to sell, — an' shoo 
The cackle-un old hen out, too ! 



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